Bad-tempered and Callous

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Bad-tempered adjective - Annoyed and irritable.

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Callous and bad-tempered are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Callous" instead an adjective phrase "Bad-tempered".

Callous adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.

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Bad-tempered and callous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad-tempered" instead an adjective "Callous".

For the records, they're not evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious, and callous.

Source: Obstructive Bureaucrat
The Vogons are "not actually evil" though but "bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous"... that's to say they are examples of the Obstructive Bureaucrat.

Source: Literature / The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Not evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous.

Source: Film / The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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